German civilians are forced to look at a display in the Buchenwald concentration camp of tattoos and a lampshade allegedly made from human remains.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 54727

Overview

Caption: German civilians are forced to look at a display in the Buchenwald concentration camp of tattoos and a lampshade allegedly made from human remains.

The original caption reads: "...German civilians going through the concentration camp. On the table are the tattoos. Whenever anybody had a tattoo on him, they'd cut the skin out and treat it and then make lamp shades and things like that. You can see one lamp shade. The glass jar on the table has lungs in it. They also did a lot of experimenting on these slave laborers by injecting serums and diseases into them."
Date: April 1945
Locale: Buchenwald, [Thuringia] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of John Truty

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: John Truty

Keyword: BUCHENWALD CONCENTRATION CAMPS FORCED CONFRONTATION GERMANS LAMPSHADES TATTOOS WOMEN
Photo Designation: MAJOR CONCENTRATION CAMPS 1940-45 -- Buchenwald -- LIBERATION -- Victims (The Dead) -- Confrontation